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Christopher Campbell, a 23-year-old Latino, was fatally stabbed Saturday, June 29, in the 1100 block of West 91st Street in Westmont, according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's office.
Campbell was allegedly one of three men who entered a home on West 91st Street and began assaulting a 23-year-old man who lived there, said Los Angeles County Sheriff's Lt. Brandon Dean.
During the assault, the victim's brother, 27, came home and "saw three individuals kicking the crap out of his brother," Dean said, "so he grabbed a kitchen knife and stabbed one of the suspects."
The three attackers left, Dean said, and a short time later, deputies spotted the suspect car at West 93rd Street and Normandie Avenue, about half a mile away. The deputies found Campbell, who was suffering from stab wounds, and a second suspect, James Henderson, 24, and called for paramedics, Dean ...
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Sheldon Lamounte Harrison, a 29-year-old black man, was fatally shot on Friday, Oct. 12, in the 9300 block of South Vermont Avenue in Westmont, according to Los Angeles County sheriff’s investigators.
Harrison had walked out of a liquor store on the west side of Vermont Street, between West 93rd and West 94th streets, around 12:30 a.m., said Lt. Joe Mendoza. He was standing in front of the store, talking with others who were congregated there, when two cars pulled up to the curb in front of the store.
Three people got out of one car and one person got out of the second and all four started shooting toward the front of the store, Mendoza said.
Everyone scattered, Mendoza said. Harrison tried running toward 93rd Street, but the shooters chased him and kept shooting until he collapsed.
No one else was injured. ...
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Dametrius Hakeem Thomas, a 25-year-old black man, was fatally shot on Saturday, Oct. 6, near the intersection of Denker Avenue and West 102nd Street in the South Los Angeles community of Westmont, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
The circumstances of the shooting are unclear, said Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lt. Rodney Moore, and investigators are still trying to pinpoint the location.
What they do know is that Thomas was dropped off at the Los Angeles County fire station at West 108th Street and Normandie Avenue at 10:16 p.m. with a gunshot wound to his torso, Moore said.
Thomas was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 11:17 p.m., according to coroner’s records. The cause of death is listed as a gunshot wound to the abdomen.
The people who dropped Thomas off left without identifying ...
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Nicolas Emmanuel Harrell, a 15-year-old black boy, was fatally shot on Sunday, Sept. 30, in the 1200 block of West 106th Street in the Westmont area of South Angeles, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
Nicolas was walking near his home about 8 p.m., heading east on West 106th Street with a male in his late teens, when two males approached them on foot from the opposite direction, said Los Angeles County sheriff’s Lt. Scott Hoglund.
The two newcomers began shooting at Nicolas and his companion, Hoglund said, striking them both.
The two were taken to a nearby hospital where Nicolas was pronounced dead at 8:36 p.m., according to coroner’s records. The cause of death was listed as multiple gunshot wounds.
His companion is expected to survive his injuries, Hoglund said.
The gunmen ran from the scene and got ...